background: cryptosporidium spp. is a coccidian parasite infected humans and animals. prevalence rate of cryptosporidium spp. infection associated with is some parameters such as sampling, age, season, country and contact to domestic animals. this study aimed to determine cryptosporidium spp. infection in humans and some animals in rural areas of shushtar district from khuzestan province, south...

providing appropriate rural housing in the country is a critical and ever- increasing demand. solving current problems, in the rural housing prospects of the country requires essential research and planning. the first step in any type of planning towards improving or rehabilitation of rural housing conditions in iran demands comprehensive and macro level information and an overall correct class...

The District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) has been traditionally the principal organ at the District level to oversee the implementation of different anti-poverty programmes. The DRDA Guidelines of 1999 primarily define the role of DRDA as a Supporting and Facilitating Organization and being a catalyst in the development process, The guidelines also indicate the need for developing a greater...

This paper report on a new species of mites of the genus Myrmozercon associated with ant in Iran - Myrmozercon cyrusi Ghafarian and Joharchi sp. n. was collected associated of the Monomorium sp. in Kenevist Rural District in the Central District of Mashhad County, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran. This new species is described and illustrations provided. Myrmozercon ovatum Karawajew, 1909 is susp...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking and to obtain information on socio-demographic factors and attitude regarding cigarette smoking among adult women in a rural district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. METHODS A cross sectional community based survey was done in a rural district of Sindh province of Pakistan using a two stage cluster sampling design. A pre tested questionn...

This preliminary study reports for the first time that part of the rural population in the Allahabad district and the urban population in the Suklaganj-Kanpur of Unnao district in the Allahabad-Kanpur track of the upper Ganga plain are drinking and using for agricultural irrigation arsenic contaminated water (maximum arsenic concentrations in drinking water and urine are 707 and 1744 microg L(-...

A study on Postpartum depression on women attending OPD in a rural hospital of Dewas District in Madhya Pradesh, India. Introduction: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a nonpsychotic depressive episode of mild to moderate severity, beginning in or extending into the first postnatal year. There is little evidence to support a biological basis to postpartum depression. Despite extensive research int...

In the present study, the desired family size and preference for son and their socio-economic and demographic determinants were studied among rural populations of West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The data were collected from 214 respondents from the rural area of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. The mean desirable number of children is 2.5. More than half of the responden...

the present study, using descriptive - survey and evaluate the quality of life in rural districts karzan rural district has been done. the study are included in all rural villages with 20 families and higher karzan rural district (n = 4416). 238 households, using cochran formula and stratified sampling with proportional allocation, the sample was selected. the research instrument was a question...